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I used to go to video games as a method of coping with things but now I need a method to cope with my video games.
I think I might quit.
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King_Snake
United States33 Posts
I used to go to video games as a method of coping with things but now I need a method to cope with my video games. | ||
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John57
United States10 Posts
Don't worry about the proxy rax, it happens to everyone now and then. I think you should just ignore the losses and the rank and just go and play again - don't take it too seriously and don't worry about winning or losing, just go for it glgl | ||
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Eben
United States769 Posts
Don't get so mad, people lose to cheese at higher levels too, no exception | ||
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
On February 21 2012 07:13 King_Snake wrote: Needless to say I was so angry I broke a chair, punched a hole in the wall, and almost broke the laptop I use to game. I either need to get the fuck outta bronze league or quit. If you think it's "needless" to say that that was your reaction, and you weren't using hyerbole, honestly you should talk to your dr or something, as that's not healthy. I apologise if that sounds as bad as I think it does, but that sentence really stood out to me. Either way, I wish you luck in getting out of Bronze if you do continue, | ||
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Alisera
United States71 Posts
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Silvertine
United States509 Posts
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choas
Canada23 Posts
if something like that happens go back and watch the reply most people put proxy rax's in the same place or around the same place and you just have to scout for it in each game. you should play the game because it's fun, when every time you lose you get so mad your breaking stuff i think you need too work on that because cheese only gets hard the higher you go up. i once lost 93 games in a row when i switched from Terran too zerg dropped me right back down too silver from diamond. i get mad i just take a break too cool off because everyone loses. glhf | ||
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nofAcedAgent
United States952 Posts
And if a zerg can run around for an hour and a half building hatches, sorry but you were far from victory.. Dont let such silly stuff get to you man. But maybe you should quit if you rage that hard...O_o | ||
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mrafaeldie12
Brazil537 Posts
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On February 21 2012 07:13 King_Snake wrote: Needless to say I was so angry I broke a chair, punched a hole in the wall, and almost broke the laptop I use to game. I either need to get the fuck outta bronze league or quit. You must be young as you seem to have an abundance of "fake problems". These are problems that aren't really problems, but you've come to reguard them as major. There are hundreds of thousands of peopled in our country right now who are out of work and struggling to scrap by day to day. Countless others who have huge debts and no way to pay them off. Children in the inner city are going hungry and many have no prospects for the future. Meanwhile you're breaking shit because you can't win at Starcraft. Here's some advice: play the game and enjoy it. Even the losses. | ||
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Shockk
Germany2269 Posts
Regardless of nostalgia for previous games, time spent on the current one or contacts made and held through it: In the end, it's just a game. You spent money on it to have fun in your spare time. It's not your job, nothing depends on it. If you're not having fun, if it makes you mad - then just stop playing. | ||
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sephuys
United States43 Posts
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Tryndamere
Canada145 Posts
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Kickboxer
Slovenia1308 Posts
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spectres
United Kingdom88 Posts
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
Yeah you probably should quit SC2 if you are ending up destroying things over something dumb like that. I have been in the same situation with zergs building hatches all over and protosses spamming pylons but it never took me and hour and a half to kill them....wtf. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
one person who lost and ran around building hatcheries for an hour and a half until I rage quit What. The. Hell. How does someone build hatches for 10 minutes, let alone an hour and a half?! Ignoring that he would just run out of money how hard is it to like put a marine at each expo, take any towers, and patrol a couple air units so you have complete map vision? I really just don't understand how this situation could have ever happened...... | ||
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Jedclark
United Kingdom903 Posts
Watch that. | ||
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0kz
Italy1118 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44263 Posts
If your opponent is just hiding away extra buildings, just patrol marines/ marauders at every single base so he can't mine. Then work on patrolling up and down choke points and using vikings if his buildings can fly. Just macro up, scan and sensor tower the whole damn map, and it's impossible to lose or to take very long to find him. Hell, if you think about it, it's impossible for Terran to waste more than 20 minutes tracking down extra ground structures if you're approaching the situation with a clear head >.> And hiding away structures doesn't go away in higher leagues, for the record. A win is a win, and players will take it any way they can. As frustrated as you are, it's legitimate. You gotta finish the game. | ||
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eXigent.
Canada2419 Posts
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Hulavuta
United States1252 Posts
I am Django.212 come find me. | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
Probably indefinitely. | ||
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d3_crescentia
United States4054 Posts
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NoctemSC
United States771 Posts
On February 21 2012 07:13 King_Snake wrote: After having a nice day of mostly wins, and just having fun finally knowing how to do mech at a probably silver level. I had the two worst games of my entire gaming career. I went against one person who lost and ran around building hatcheries for an hour and a half until I rage quit. The next game I got proxy raxed. Needless to say I was so angry I broke a chair, punched a hole in the wall, and almost broke the laptop I use to game. I either need to get the fuck outta bronze league or quit. I used to go to video games as a method of coping with things but now I need a method to cope with my video games. I will coach you in the art of terran young Padawan, for the sake of your computers health. | ||
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Thaniri
1264 Posts
The thing is, you're in bronze, meaning you have no mechanical skill whatsoever. One cannot begin to play the MENTAL game of Starcraft until you are on the GSL stage. Up until then, you are in a battle of who can click better. | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
Once that happened I never felt bad after a bad game of SC. :D | ||
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Canadaehz
Canada59 Posts
Yet I still hit masters. I would say the main reason why I got to my goal was the passion I had for the game. Every time I watched an event or a stream I felt involved and I felt a really good sensation. Then I go play the game and that sensation translates into the game. I suggest that you find something that motivates you and train yourself to use it subliminally. Also when you get angry, tell yourself that at the end of the day a loss or two, or even 10 losses in a row (trust me those suck) isn't going to kill you. Everyone has to lose at some point in time. Remember that Blizzard is trying to make you lose. | ||
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Feiya
Germany42 Posts
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Kashll
United States1117 Posts
On February 21 2012 07:36 TheToast wrote: You must be young as you seem to have an abundance of "fake problems". These are problems that aren't really problems, but you've come to reguard them as major. There are hundreds of thousands of peopled in our country right now who are out of work and struggling to scrap by day to day. Countless others who have huge debts and no way to pay them off. Children in the inner city are going hungry and many have no prospects for the future. Meanwhile you're breaking shit because you can't win at Starcraft. Here's some advice: play the game and enjoy it. Even the losses. Lol shut up. There have been so many psychological studies done that shows that people normalize their psychological happiness to different centers according to their circumstance. I.E. he may actually be genuinely as physically unhappy (i.e. the same chemicals present in his brain) as someone who is struggling to pay off a debt. There have been so many studies that have shown once your basic needs are met your happiness doesn't really scale with wealth from there. That being said it does sound like you should work on your anger too. I get super angry and frustrated at Starcraft too sometimes. It's a natural response to caring about something. However I've never actually physically broken anything over a game. (I have punched my desk though). | ||
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Jakkerr
Netherlands2549 Posts
If ur not in GM or top 8 masters u should be happy with a 50% winrate, cuz that means ur playing at the right level for u. Also what are u getting mad at? That pesky opponent for cheesing you and 'oh cmon why do they allways cheese me' amirite? Urself for losing a game in bronze league? Guess what, no1 actually cares except for urself, ur only gonna get promoted if u keep ur cool and play to improve. Off course, every1 gets annoyed sometimes when they are on a losing streak or lose a silly game, if you feel ur getting annoyed just go take a break, do some pushups (works well), get a drink, go run outside I dunno. | ||
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Lexpar
1813 Posts
On February 21 2012 10:11 Kashll wrote: Lol shut up. There have been so many psychological studies done that shows that people normalize their psychological happiness to different centers according to their circumstance. I.E. he may actually be genuinely as physically unhappy (i.e. the same chemicals present in his brain) as someone who is struggling to pay off a debt. There have been so many studies that have shown once your basic needs are met your happiness doesn't really scale with wealth from there. That being said it does sound like you should work on your anger too. I get super angry and frustrated at Starcraft too sometimes. It's a natural response to caring about something. However I've never actually physically broken anything over a game. (I have punched my desk though). Maybe you would have made a really astute point there had you not started with "Lol shut up." | ||
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
On February 21 2012 07:39 Shockk wrote: Don't play a game if you don't enjoy it. Regardless of nostalgia for previous games, time spent on the current one or contacts made and held through it: In the end, it's just a game. You spent money on it to have fun in your spare time. It's not your job, nothing depends on it. If you're not having fun, if it makes you mad - then just stop playing. Basically. | ||
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leech33s
3 Posts
User was banned for this post. | ||
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On February 21 2012 10:24 Lexpar wrote: Maybe you would have made a really astute point there had you not started with "Lol shut up." That hardly changes the content of the post. | ||
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how
United States538 Posts
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On February 21 2012 10:11 Kashll wrote: Lol shut up. There have been so many psychological studies done that shows that people normalize their psychological happiness to different centers according to their circumstance. I.E. he may actually be genuinely as physically unhappy (i.e. the same chemicals present in his brain) as someone who is struggling to pay off a debt. There have been so many studies that have shown once your basic needs are met your happiness doesn't really scale with wealth from there. That being said it does sound like you should work on your anger too. I get super angry and frustrated at Starcraft too sometimes. It's a natural response to caring about something. However I've never actually physically broken anything over a game. (I have punched my desk though). Yes, how could I be so foolish. Clearly living out of a car = losing in SC2. This guy needs some perspective in life (as do we all sometimes), there's no reason to be breaking stuff (especially expensive stuff) because he's losing in SC2. | ||
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gds
Iceland1391 Posts
 If OP still around: you should try to understand why losing makes you angry (no, it's not the proxy rax). gl | ||
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phiinix
United States1169 Posts
On February 21 2012 09:23 sluggaslamoo wrote: I once lost $120 all-in with three of a kind Q vs high card K on the flop, to a backdoor flush. Chance of losing was 5%. Once that happened I never felt bad after a bad game of SC. :D Brother I feel your pain. On topic though, if you can't accept losing, you really should go play an rpg or something. Rts games are only really fit for people who can accept defeat and want to be better. It's pretty simple. If you actually think you can play pvp (player, not protoss) without ever losing, you're a fool | ||
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Trumpet
United States1935 Posts
On February 21 2012 11:10 TheToast wrote: Yes, how could I be so foolish. Clearly living out of a car = losing in SC2. This guy needs some perspective in life (as do we all sometimes), there's no reason to be breaking stuff (especially expensive stuff) because he's losing in SC2. The guy agreed with half your post, the part about breaking stuff, and you're still sarcastically hunting straw men =( For someone who's not already in masters, you (OP) take the game way too seriously. I'd look up gheed's blog or some funday mondays to get your mind right. And in the most backwards way, you'll probably end up improving at the game just through more playtime despite not trying anywhere near as serious. | ||
The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
Your current situation requires more patience than most people are capable of if they are competitive and not incredibly good mannered (not saying you aren't ) | ||
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gds
Iceland1391 Posts
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FreeFruitFly
Australia29 Posts
I suggest you go play some 4v4's to just practice macroing under pressure (since bronze 1v1 people are too passive) and once you're comfortable go back to 1v1 (that's what I did) also this removes the need to worry about matchups and strategy and scouting etc so you can just practice the basics without all these other strain which makes it more difficult | ||
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
I can understand being angry at yourself/the game, but what you described is a good sign you shouldn't be playing... | ||
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PaPaLung
Canada51 Posts
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ETisME
12387 Posts
know the difference dude | ||
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Sabu113
United States11047 Posts
Also just macro. Spent 1 day and just figure out all the hot keys and how to macro up. Forget anything else. Mediocre macro is the basis of cutting down 3/4s of what can kill you. | ||
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TheAntZ
Israel6248 Posts
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starplayer35
United States40 Posts
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Frostfire
United States419 Posts
Frostfire.630 I can try to help you. | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:26 FreeFruitFly wrote: not bragging or anything, but bronze is pretty easy to break out of, all you really need is decent macro I suggest you go play some 4v4's to just practice macroing under pressure (since bronze 1v1 people are too passive) and once you're comfortable go back to 1v1 (that's what I did) also this removes the need to worry about matchups and strategy and scouting etc so you can just practice the basics without all these other strain which makes it more difficult You're confusing bronze with gold To get out of bronze all you need to know is how to build attacking units that properly counter the opponent. Also it helps to know the game doesn't have an inbuilt NR20 rule in it. Most bronze league players simply do NOT attack at all..ever... Seriously...that's it. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
On February 21 2012 07:13 King_Snake wrote: I used to go to video games as a method of coping with things but now I need a method to cope with my video games. lol | ||
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Zvenn3n
Sweden1196 Posts
Why, just yesterday, I got 4Starport Cloaked Banshee-"rushed", and you know what I did? Starting making those Void Rays, and went on to win. | ||
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HungrySC2
United States191 Posts
White Ra | ||
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Isolath
Australia17 Posts
1. Look at the replay of the game and determine why you lost. 2. Through the replay, determine how you can win next time you are faced with a similar situation. If you don't know the answer, view other people's replays or search strategies or even post something in this forum asking in a constructive way how'd you go about improving your gameplay. 3. Admit that you may have made a few mistakes. Forgive yourself, learn from it and don't repeat it. 4. Hope you get matched with the same person again and show them who's boss! Or show everyone who's boss. If you lose, start at point 1 again. :D | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32051 Posts
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sephuys
United States43 Posts
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Josh111
United States239 Posts
If you want as a diamond protoss i could play with you in some 1v1s. I got placed in bronze and after a month of little gaming but a good amount of watching (GSL) i got to plat. Just understanding the game can get you out of the bronze silver gold area. | ||
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